Seán Óg Sheehy was an Irish Gaelic footballer from Tralee, County Kerry, born on 24 May 1939 and died on 31 May 2024. His father, John Joe Sheehy, was a four-time All-Ireland winner and twice a winning captain with Kerry. At club level Sheehy played with John Mitchels, with whom he won six Kerry Senior Football Championships, five of them in a record-setting run of successive titles, and he also played with University College Cork and University College Dublin. He made his Kerry senior debut in a National Football League win over Kildare in November 1961 and was made captain in 1962. That year he won a Munster medal and captained Kerry to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after beating Roscommon in the final. His brothers Niall and Paudie were on the same team.
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Competed In: All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Inter-county career
captaining Kerry to the All-Ireland SFC title after a 1-12 to 1-06 defeat of Roscommon in the final
Competed In: National Football League, Inter-county career
Sheehy captained Kerry to a one-point defeat of Down in the 1963 National League home final
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